Etymology

subnotebook

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Today it means: A small, lightweight laptop computer, smaller than a notebook computer. Full definition →

English notebook ← Middle English bok ← Old English bōc
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Old Frenchnote
  7. Middle Englishnote
  8. Englishnote
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
  10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
  11. Proto-Germanic*bōks
  12. Proto-West Germanic*bōk
  13. Old Englishbōc
  14. Middle Englishbok
  15. Englishbook
  16. Englishnotebook
  17. English todaysubnotebook

From sub- + notebook.

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